Performance of a multiplex PCR for the determination of Haemophilus influenzae capsular types in the clinical microbiology laboratory

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Gonin, Patrick ^a   Lorange, Manon ^a   Delage, Gilles ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTRACTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0034091665     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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